Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may, without infringing a patent, do an act that would infringe the patent apart from this subsection, if the act is done solely for:
(a) purposes connected with obtaining an approval required by a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory to exploit a product, method or process; or
(b) purposes connected with obtaining a similar approval under a law of another country or region.
(2) This section does not apply in relation to a pharmaceutical patent within the meaning of subsection 119A(3).